SOLUTION: A breakfast cereal contains 4% of its weight in pecans. How many pounds of cereal containing only 2% pecans must be added to 50 pounds of the 4% cereal in order to reduce the resul
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Question 863123: A breakfast cereal contains 4% of its weight in pecans. How many pounds of cereal containing only 2% pecans must be added to 50 pounds of the 4% cereal in order to reduce the resulting mixture percentage to 3%? Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source):
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